202 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BKITISH MUSEUM. 



VI. — Publications. 



New editions of An Introduction to the Study of Minerals 

 (14th edition), A Guide to the Mineral Gallery (12th edition), 

 The Student's Index to -the Collection of Minerals (25th 

 edition), and An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites (11th 

 edition) have been issued. 



The following papers, mostly relating to specimens in 

 the Collection, have been published during the year in the 

 " Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical 

 Society," 1914, vol. xvii :- 



" The Meteorites of Uwet, Kota Kota, and Angela : re- 

 determinations of nickel and iron in the Baroti and Wittekrantz 

 meteoric stones (with Plates V. and VI.) ": by G. T. Prior (xvii, 

 p. 127). 



"Note on the pleochrolsm of Adamite": by L. J. Spencer 

 (xvii, p. 114). 



" An apparatus for cutting crystal-plates and prisms " : by 

 H. H. Thomas and W. Campbell Smith (xvii, p. 8G). 



VII. — Acquisitions. 



1,985 specimens have been acquired, namely :— 



1,528 minerals, 453 rocks, and 4 meteorites. 



The most important of these acquisitions is a large collec- 

 tion of zeolites from various foreign localities which has been 

 presented by Mr. F. N. A. Fleischmann {see p. 203). 



An exchange of specimens has been arranged with Mr. J. 

 H. Collins, of Par, Cornwall. 



The following mineral names added to the Museum List 

 were previously not represented by specimens in the collec- 

 tion : — 



Barthite, beresovite (of Samojlov), bogoslovskite, cobalt- 

 nickelpyrite (of Henglein), custerite, cyanochalcite, goyazite, 

 grangesite, hodgkinsonite, hiigelite, kochelite, kiistelite, 

 leptonematite, melanochalcite, mossite, otavite, ranite, roscherite, 

 stichtite, thortveitite, wilkeite. 



The specimens acquired by presentation (arranged alpha- 

 betically according to donors) and by exchange, and a selection 

 of the more important of those obtained by purchase, are as 

 follows : — 



Minerals. 

 By Presentation : 

 Anthracite (Welsh coal) showing concretionary ("cone-in- 

 cone") structure: by the Lords Commissioners of the 

 Admiralty. 



Bov/enite from Soochow, China : by E. Alabaster, Esq. 



